Israeli government circles said that they expected Israel to be censured by the UN Security Council over its operations in Lebanon today but indicated that they didn’t care, Their argument was that the Security Council, as it has been composed in recent years, is a biased body and its decisions with regard to the Middle East are not to be taken seriously. Israeli officials were confident that world public opinion would understand and sympathize with the motives of the Israeli military push into Lebanon–to root out the sources of terrorist attacks on Israeli villages that have taken an increasing toll of lives. They cited press and radio reports from abroad today which carried the Israeli explanation for the raid on Lebanon and that Israel has no intention of harming Lebanon or its civilian population. Israel has twice before been censured by the Security Council for military acts against Lebanon. The first was over Israel’s commando raid on Beirut Airport in 1968 and the second was last year’s attack on a suspected terrorist stronghold in Kalsa village.
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